Rosemont is a village in
Cook County, Illinois, United States. Located immediately northwest of
Chicago, as of the
2010 census it had a population of 4,202.[3] The village was incorporated in 1956, though it had been settled long before that. While Rosemont's land area and population are relatively small among municipalities in the
Chicago Metropolitan Area, the village is a major center for commercial activity in the region and is a key component of the
Golden Corridor.

The residential sections of Rosemont are a
gated community, as a result of the 1995 decision by residents to enclose the residential portions of the village (roughly half the area of the village), thereby restricting access to locals.[5]

Rosemont was tied for first place in 2000 with
Bowdon, Georgia as the place in the United States with the highest percentage of people reporting
Bulgarian ancestry. The percentage of people so reporting in 2000 was 2.7%.[10]

There were 1,692 households out of which 29.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.3% were
married couples living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.7% were non-families. 35.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.31.

In the village, the population was spread out with 24.4% under the age of 18, 10.4% from 18 to 24, 35.7% from 25 to 44, 18.4% from 45 to 64, and 11.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 110.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 111.2 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $34,663, and the median income for a family was $44,939. Males had a median income of $30,066 versus $30,015 for females. The
per capita income for the village was $19,781. About 10.6% of families and 14.9% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 23.6% of those under age 18 and 10.6% of those age 65 or over.

Politics

Since the village of Rosemont was incorporated in 1956, one family, the Stephens family, has governed it. Some members of the family enjoy lucrative village jobs. Christopher Stephens runs the village-run convention center and made $255,600 per year between 2015-2018. (The median household income in Rosemont is less than $47,000). Christopher's uncle, Brad Stephens, is the mayor of Rosemont. In 2017, village trustees voted to increase his salary by 53 percent to $260,000, making him the second-highest paid mayor in the entire world.[23]